New South Wales

Bathurst Gold Crown Final nominations take huge leap

THE final nominations for this month’s Bathurst Gold Crown and Bathurst Gold Tiara race series have taken a huge leap. In what is a tremendous show of industry confidence in the race series final noms have increased by 14 per cent (from 116 in 2017 to 132 in 2018). The 32nd running of the prestigious...

From Royal Ascot to a Gold Crown at Bathurst

Gulgong in central NSW is not a renowned Harness Racing town and Royal Ascot in the UK is a long way from Bathurst Paceway but both these places play an important part into the likely favourite for the 2018 edition of the Bathurst Gold Crown. The two-year-old colt named COLLEGE CHAPEL has started three...

Rookie sires to give Bathurst sale a boost

THE unprecedented success of first crop sires A Rocknroll Dance, Pet Rock, Shoobees Place, Caribbean Blaster and Alta Christiano in the first few weeks of the two-year-old racing has given a terrific boost to next Sunday’s Bathurst Gold Crown Yearling Sale. The sale, featuring 120 superbly bred...